The Adidas Nite Jogger Was Designed for After Dark—but It’ll Look Pretty Good in Sunlight, Too

Anytime I tried to talk my way into staying out late in high school, my dad had his rejoinder ready: "Remember, nothing good happens after midnight." Being a dad, he was often correct—except on the rare occasions he wasn't. (Sorry, Pops.) Plenty of good things, it turns out, happen after dark, especially if you're among the nocturnal and club-going and urban spelunking. One of those good things: the Nite Jogger, a new silhouette from Adidas designed, in the brand's telling, for the "night time creator"—the kind of person who needs a shoe that can hold up to the dark.

Okay, so it's not all new: The Nite Jogger borrows a few cues from a 1980 design of the same name. But almost everything else about this sucker feels like 2019. The full-length Boost sole makes use of Adidas's super-bouncy, company-fortune-revitalizing tech. (If you're gonna be running around and, uh, creating at night, you're going to want to make sure you're extra comfortable.) A mesh-and-ripstop upper finds the balance point between sturdy and featherlight. And reflective detailing on the laces, stripes, and a few other hot spots means you'll light up the night—or just your buddy's high-flash photography.

But the Nite Jogger isn't just about, y'know, looking cool at night. Because no matter what time of day you prefer to create, you're going to need a shoe that looks good in, say, natural light or under the awful glow of overhead fluorescents. Conveniently, the shoe delivers on that count, too. This isn't quite the ultra-thick "chunky shoe" that's dominated fashion in recent years, but it's not a paper-thin, verging-on-translucent performance piece, either. Instead, it sits right in the middle: That high-cushion sole keeps things comfortable and adds some nice heft, while the upper's design takes some of the weight out. To do all that, the Nite Jogger pulls references from a bunch of Adidas's most popular shoes of recent vintage: the sexy-clunky Yung 1's width, the perma-popular Ultra Boost's chassis, maybe even a bit of Yeezy roundness. And—please don't forget—it shines in the dark. Dad is probably still right. But expect to have some fun after midnight in these.